SHOUT(1) General Commands Manual SHOUT(1)

shoutIcecast source client

shout [OPTIONS]

shout reads data from standard input and streams it to Icecast.

format
Set stream format. This can be "ogg", "mp3", or "webm". Default is "ogg".
host
See --host
See --help
Show help.
host
Set destination host. Default is "localhost".
string
Set mountpoint. Default is "/example.ogg".
port
See --port
string
Set source password. Default is "hackme".
port
Set destination port. Symbolic names are supported. Default is 8000.
protocol
Set protocol. Default is "http".
string
Set stream description.
string
Set stream genre.
key=value
Set meta information. Both key and value are arbitrary strings.
string
Set stream name.
string
Set stream URL.
tls-mode
Set TLS mode. This can be "disabled", "auto", "auto_no_plain", "rfc2818", or "rfc2817". Default is "auto".

When libshout is build without TLS support only "disabled", and "auto" are supported.

usage{,usage}
Set stream usages. This can be:
"audio"
for audio substreams
"visual"
for picture/video substreams (most often combined with "audio")
"text"
for text substreams that are not subtitles
"subtitle"
for subtitle substreams
"light"
for light control substreams
"ui"
for user interface data, such as DVD menus or buttons
"metadata"
for substreams that include metadata for the stream
"application"
for application specific data substreams
"control"
for substreams that control the infrastructure
"complex"
for substreams that are themself a mixture of other types
"other"
for substream of types not listed here
"unknown"
for streams that may contain additional substreams of unknown nature
"3d"
for streams that contain information for 3D playback
"4d"
for streams that contain information for 4D/XD playback
string
Set source user. Default is "source".

If this binary is symlinked, or hardlinked to the name "oggfwd" it provides drop-in compatibly with oggfwd(1).

December 16, 2020 Linux 6.7.4-arch1-1